A Munich-based freelance studio for the conservation of paper, manuscripts, and paintings, with a particular care for Persianate, Ottoman, and Islamic material culture.
Trained in Tabriz and Istanbul, I am a conservator and restorer of organic materials, paper, books, and easel paintings, currently a doctoral researcher at the Institute of Art History, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, and a research assistant on the ERC project GLOBAL DECO PAPER.
My practice attends to the materials of the early modern Islamic book: decorated, dyed, burnished and gold-flecked papers; pigments and gilding; sized and lined supports. It calls for careful, reversible decisions. Alongside my doctoral work on Ottoman manuscript culture, I take on freelance commissions for archives, libraries, private collectors, and studios.
Treatment of bound and unbound manuscripts, archival paper, decorative papers, and miniatures. Condition assessment, dry and wet cleaning, mending of tears, infill, lining, and stabilisation, with special attention to dyed, burnished, and gold-flecked Islamic papers.
Easel and panel painting conservation, mural and architectural painting treatment. Surface cleaning, consolidation of flaking paint, retouching, and varnish removal, with experience in Ottoman canvas, panel, and mural painting projects.
Material analysis and codicological description of Islamic manuscripts: paper, ink, illumination, binding structures, and decorative practices. Comparative study of Ottoman, Persianate, and European papers in early-modern book production.
Translation of art-historical, auction, and archival texts between Persian, Ottoman Turkish, modern Turkish, and English. Catalogue entries, condition reports, and translation of inscriptions on works of art and manuscripts.
Visual and material survey, photographic record, condition report, and a written treatment proposal.
Solubility, pH, and fibre tests on inconspicuous areas before any intervention is approved.
Reversible, minimally invasive work: cleaning, mending, consolidation, lining, retouching as needed.
Documentation, recommendations for storage, light, and humidity, and where relevant, custom housing.
Comparative material study of decorative papers across Islamic, European, and East Asian manuscript traditions; contribution to project publications and exhibitions.
Catalogue translation, attribution research, and inscription reading for Islamic-art lots.
Lead conservator on a campaign of Ottoman canvas paintings: consolidation, structural lining, surface cleaning, and inpainting.
Treatment of easel paintings: cleaning, retouching, structural repair under senior supervision.
Paper and archival material conservation: rehousing, mending, deacidification, and condition reporting for the university’s historical collections.
Object and textile conservation under the supervision of the museum’s lab.
Field restoration of panel and mural painting in a working religious building.
I take on a small number of freelance commissions each season, for libraries, archives, collectors, and studios, alongside doctoral research at LMU. Please write with a short description of the work and, if possible, a photograph.